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, dallas, texas, good morning. -- and memory, dallas, texas, good morning. -- anna marie, dallas, texas, good morning. caller: what can we do as a community to prepare? what are some things that we can do to perhaps -- me and a group of others -- we could create a project for awareness? guest: a great project for awareness is awareness about the distribution grid at the local level. in my area, washington, d.c., the utility for a variety of reasons and did not trim trees for decades. people complained because they were cutting trees and not want them on their property, so for the last few years with storms we have had an enormous amount of free-fall, branches, and so on. putting pressure on the utilities, running public projects, schools, so on, identifying areas that are vulnerable where a tree trimming process, and again, i am an environmentalist, i am not saying to cut down trees indiscriminately, but i am saying that there is a trade- off and if you do not do the maintenance at the local community level, there
, dallas, texas, good morning. -- and memory, dallas, texas, good morning. -- anna marie, dallas, texas, good morning. caller: what can we do as a community to prepare? what are some things that we can do to perhaps -- me and a group of others -- we could create a project for awareness? guest: a great project for awareness is awareness about the distribution grid at the local level. in my area, washington, d.c., the utility for a variety of reasons and did not trim trees for decades. people...
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suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying suburbs does not work. you have to look at each individual suburb or the region of the country. and we have to rethink the way we spend money in politics. if this was a $6 billion election-year with status quo results, the biggest success would -- when it comes to money and politics and i'm not talking about message should dismiss des -- macro, it may be an effective way to pay voters directly. should dismiss demographics -- independence because they leaned democratic. the suburbs cannot be analyzed as a whole. you look nationally, romney won the suburbs by two points. look at northern virginia. it delivered -- the blue state suburbs, philadelphia whiteout romney. the suburbs also wiped out romney. new york, philadelphia, d.c., los angeles, san francisco, the suburbs were democratic. the suburbs were swing. suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying suburbs does not work. you have to
suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying suburbs does not work. you have to look at each individual suburb or the region of the country. and we have to rethink the way we spend money in politics. if this was a $6 billion election-year with status quo results, the biggest success would -- when it comes to money and politics and i'm not talking about message should dismiss des -- macro, it may be an effective way...
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just putting out phony names to try to register the starting lineup for the dallas cowboys and the like. that put a burden on the system. as a result, i knew we wanted to take some steps to be able to address that. we put registration requirement in place for the drives to code and tracked the reforms that are out there and made an attempt to try to move forward with voter registration. pieces of that legislation went through. unfortunately, the voter the online -- the on-line ps did not pass. there were some reluctance to put that in place. our legislature only meets once every two years. someone on my staff the that a statute from 1985 that said the secretary of state or registrar can use a computer to assist in the registration of voters. so i went to the attorney general and said will this allow me to register voters online and they said it's a little shaky. i said i'm going to give it a go, so we went full speed ahead in trying to put online voter registration in place and put together a pilot program months before the election in clark county which accounts for about 85% of the vo
just putting out phony names to try to register the starting lineup for the dallas cowboys and the like. that put a burden on the system. as a result, i knew we wanted to take some steps to be able to address that. we put registration requirement in place for the drives to code and tracked the reforms that are out there and made an attempt to try to move forward with voter registration. pieces of that legislation went through. unfortunately, the voter the online -- the on-line ps did not pass....
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virus since it arrived in america in 1999, the worst outbreak this year for west nile virus was around dallas because of budget cuts. remember, this is a disease spread by mosquitoes. texas has no entomologist anymore. they cut the position because they ran out of money. >> for over a century, the u.s. fire service had the task of extinguishing any fire that was started on federal land. that wound up with a situation where we have these huge, hot, devastating forest fires in the modern era. is our public health policy doing something similar? >> is an interesting metaphor, but i do not know if it is completely transferable. >> what about the trend in decline of vaccination. another colleague wrote a book called the panic virus. he talked about the virus spread of belief that vaccinations make people sick, especially children. vaccinations cause autism, among other things. a lot of science shows that is a false concern, but it has led to a serious decline of rates of vaccination in children in some areas. >> let's not completely step away from the point that was just made. it is an interesting
virus since it arrived in america in 1999, the worst outbreak this year for west nile virus was around dallas because of budget cuts. remember, this is a disease spread by mosquitoes. texas has no entomologist anymore. they cut the position because they ran out of money. >> for over a century, the u.s. fire service had the task of extinguishing any fire that was started on federal land. that wound up with a situation where we have these huge, hot, devastating forest fires in the modern...
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it sat on the shelf in a crime lab somewhere in dallas, texas, because the dallas police department had a new incentive to go and look at those old cases, this case was looked at. that evidence was tested and the dallas police department decided that kevin glenn turner committed this crime back in 1985. but that was 20 years ago. the statute of limitations had run and justice could not occur and lavenia's case, because the system waited too long to find the outlaw. kevin turner turned out to be a criminal in other cases and ended up in the penitentiary for those crimes, but justice was denied for lavenia. denied because of bureaucratic red tape. you see, mr. speaker, many rape kits sit on the shelves of evidence rooms across the country untested. some of them sit there so long that they're discarded by law enforcement. and the statute of limitations runs like it ran in lavenia's case. she is not alone, mr. speaker. there are 400,000 untested rape kits in this country. 400,000, that's a number, but every one of those represents a person. to try to put in some perspective, there were a li
it sat on the shelf in a crime lab somewhere in dallas, texas, because the dallas police department had a new incentive to go and look at those old cases, this case was looked at. that evidence was tested and the dallas police department decided that kevin glenn turner committed this crime back in 1985. but that was 20 years ago. the statute of limitations had run and justice could not occur and lavenia's case, because the system waited too long to find the outlaw. kevin turner turned out to be...
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most of the money would go to places like new york, chicago, miami, los angeles, dallas, places like that. however, over the years, some smaller areas have been able to receive some money. columbus is an illustrative case of that. host: barbara on the independent line. caller: there have been security breaches at nuclear plants. people coming in that were not employees. what kind of funds are going to be provided for states with nuclear plants against terrorism attacks? guest: that is one of the key focuses of dhs grants, as you correctly point out. a nuclear facility presents a tempting target for potential terrorist attack. the good news is that dhs is aware of that and is working to help state address that. >> we leave this portion of "washington journal" and take you live to the white house where today's press briefing is getting under way. >> we will get settled here. ok. good afternoon, everyone. thanks for being here. i think, as you know, the president and speaker of the house had a meeting here at the white house a little earlier today. the conversations continue. i have no
most of the money would go to places like new york, chicago, miami, los angeles, dallas, places like that. however, over the years, some smaller areas have been able to receive some money. columbus is an illustrative case of that. host: barbara on the independent line. caller: there have been security breaches at nuclear plants. people coming in that were not employees. what kind of funds are going to be provided for states with nuclear plants against terrorism attacks? guest: that is one of...
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host: but go to dallas, texas, independent line. caller: is there a historical comparison to suppression. third-party votes as there is today? guest: i do not know what you mean about a suppression of the third-party voices. there have been the third party boys over there. for example, the debates, back when they were run by the league of women voters and now the debate commission. ross perot felt when he did not meet a certain threshold in the polls that he was not invited into the debates. there are any number of complaints that have been made over the years. it is tough for third-party to get on the ballot. let's be honest. the two major parties are aggressive in perpetuating themselves and they are not interested in fostering strong challengers. host: the history of money in campaigning. guest: it is a perennial issue. i hate to say that it is evergreen, but it has always been with us. going back to 1876, that was an interesting election. he was very much the candidate of industry, business. william jennings bryan, a populist fr
host: but go to dallas, texas, independent line. caller: is there a historical comparison to suppression. third-party votes as there is today? guest: i do not know what you mean about a suppression of the third-party voices. there have been the third party boys over there. for example, the debates, back when they were run by the league of women voters and now the debate commission. ross perot felt when he did not meet a certain threshold in the polls that he was not invited into the debates....
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>> new york, chicago, san francisco, dallas fort worth and cleveland and atlanta. >> so here's -- and seattle of course. which does both competition and consumer protection work. >> with technology as it is today, do we really need to have all of those regional offices? because i would have contend that having an office in miami that's particularly focused on spanish speaking would make sense. but i don't see why you need to have seven other offices. perhaps new york. i don't know. >> well, and you might talk to chairman durbin about the chicago office. look, commissioner, when commissioner rush -- it's time for us -- we don't earmark any more. therefore we all need to be cognizant. several usd offices closing in my district and the post office distribution center and it makes me sad and it makes me angry because the agencies aren't doing what they ought to be doing. but do we really need them in this technological area? >> to the chairman's credit, i championed closing the atlanta office. and he has suggested that he would be at least in some future incarnation amenable to that as we
>> new york, chicago, san francisco, dallas fort worth and cleveland and atlanta. >> so here's -- and seattle of course. which does both competition and consumer protection work. >> with technology as it is today, do we really need to have all of those regional offices? because i would have contend that having an office in miami that's particularly focused on spanish speaking would make sense. but i don't see why you need to have seven other offices. perhaps new york. i don't...
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yield such time as he may consume to the very thoughtful, dedicated and hardworking gentleman from dallas, mr. sessions. let me say, mr. speaker, that there are lots of hard workers in this house. and there are -- we all learn as kids there's a differentiation between a workhorse and a show horse. i got to tell you, mr. speaker, and you know this very well, there is no democrat or republican in the united states house of representatives who works any harder, any harder than pete sessions, and i'm very pleased, mr. speaker, that he's going to be succeeding me as chairman of the house rules committee and i of course yield to him such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. and to my dear and distinguished friend, the gentleman, the young chairman of the rules committee, david dreier, thank you very much. it is david's leadership, not just in the rules committee, but i believe to all of us here in the house of representatives that david has let us to be a more open
yield such time as he may consume to the very thoughtful, dedicated and hardworking gentleman from dallas, mr. sessions. let me say, mr. speaker, that there are lots of hard workers in this house. and there are -- we all learn as kids there's a differentiation between a workhorse and a show horse. i got to tell you, mr. speaker, and you know this very well, there is no democrat or republican in the united states house of representatives who works any harder, any harder than pete sessions, and...
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he spoke to supporters in dallas that year. >> wait just a minute. the first thing we want to do, we will be talking about this in a minute. the first thing we want to do is to team up together and make it work now, right? absolutely. you are not too happy, we can make some changes in 1994, right? the main thing now, time is precious. let's try to make it work. texas working together to make it work. i will be talking about that in a minute. we have worked to starting right away. our country needs all of our help. [applause] i want to thank all of you are here tonight and all the people who have come here together across the nation. starting last february, you did something that everybody said could not be done. millions of you came together to take your country back. [applause] you gave washington a laser-like message to listen to the people. [applause] you have done an incredible job of getting this country turned back around to the country that our founders established, a country that came from the people and you have changed the country to your m
he spoke to supporters in dallas that year. >> wait just a minute. the first thing we want to do, we will be talking about this in a minute. the first thing we want to do is to team up together and make it work now, right? absolutely. you are not too happy, we can make some changes in 1994, right? the main thing now, time is precious. let's try to make it work. texas working together to make it work. i will be talking about that in a minute. we have worked to starting right away. our...
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i reflect on the testimony of a witness from dallas, mad lynn mcclure, the executive director of the texas association for protection of children, who testified before our committee very recently that the estimate of 753,000 children being abused and neglected in america is a conservative one but that to put it in context, if you fill the alamodome, the hubert humphrey dome in minneapolis, yankee stadium, the stadium in georgia, in tennessee, tiger stadium in louisiana, the rows bowl, the -- the rose bowl, you would still have -- you would fill that and still not cover all of the children who are subject to abuse and neglect each year in this country. and almost half of those children that are abused are aged 4 or under. our bill provides an opportunity to take an important step forward in developing a national strategy to protect our most vulnerable children. the commission, appointed by the president and congress, would develop recommendations to reduce the number of children who die from abuse and neglect. the commission would bring together a group of experts from around the coun
i reflect on the testimony of a witness from dallas, mad lynn mcclure, the executive director of the texas association for protection of children, who testified before our committee very recently that the estimate of 753,000 children being abused and neglected in america is a conservative one but that to put it in context, if you fill the alamodome, the hubert humphrey dome in minneapolis, yankee stadium, the stadium in georgia, in tennessee, tiger stadium in louisiana, the rows bowl, the --...